UAL Talks of Demographics of Pilot Ranks
02-26-2015 | 06:04 AM
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UAL Talks of Demographics of Pilot Ranks
Front page article in today’s Wall Street Journal where UAL has sent out a safety bulletin to pilots about a number of “close calls.” One of things addressed was demographics of the pilot ranks. I guess the new hires were not questioning captains enough in the cockpit when things were out of the comfort zone. Aren’t the new hires ex-military or 8-10 year regional pilots with 6,000 hours and passed the psych test? An attractive talking head on a business channel was asking if this stuff was occurring at other airlines too.
02-26-2015 | 09:43 AM
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Front page article in today’s Wall Street Journal where UAL has sent out a safety bulletin to pilots about a number of “close calls.” One of things addressed was demographics of the pilot ranks. I guess the new hires were not questioning captains enough in the cockpit when things were out of the comfort zone. Aren’t the new hires ex-military or 8-10 year regional pilots with 6,000 hours and passed the psych test? An attractive talking head on a business channel was asking if this stuff was occurring at other airlines too.
Enjoy flying single pilot in a two man crew.
02-26-2015 | 06:01 PM
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02-27-2015 | 01:24 AM
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UAL and the others kind of created their own problem (or Frankenstein monster). Rather than running their own RJ's and paying those a pilot a real working wage they outsourced it and now they have to deal with getting those pilots into the UAL culture.
02-27-2015 | 05:50 AM
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I understand your frustration in having your job outsourced. However do you specific knowledge that these incidents have taken place with a 10 year regional puke in the right seat of a UA plane ....or could it be 10 year Naval Aviator? I am not trying to start something here, just a serious question. I would be interested to know the trend.
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